Pakistan's political unrest persists, and three PML-N candidates' victories are overturned by a court

There are no indications that Pakistan's political unrest will soon come to an end. The Election Commission has not yet made public the complete list of victorious candidates following the February 8 elections. As a result, no call for a session of the National Assembly has been made. In the meantime, the Islamabad High Court on Monday revoked the announcement of the triumph of three Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidates for the National Assembly. This order has been issued by the bench against Raja Khurram Nawaz, Anjum Aqeel, and Tariq Fazal Chaudhary, the candidates for the PML-N. A legal challenge was made to his victory.

However, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the political party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has declared that the independent candidates supported by the party who emerged victorious in the February 8 elections will become members of the Sunni Ittehad Council. By Pakistani legislation, victorious independent candidates must affiliate with a political party within three days of the results being announced.

PTI leaders made this choice for that reason. Following this, the Sunni Ittehad Council, which is supported by the PTI, is anticipated to receive a portion of the seventy seats set aside for national parties. However, Fitch Ratings has cautioned that political unrest could jeopardise Pakistan's agreement with the IMF.

Taking cognizance of the concrete evidence presented, the court has suspended the results of all three seats. In another development, Muhammad Idris, who won as an independent candidate from the NA-12 seat, and Kashif Naved, elected to the Punjab Assembly, have joined Shahbaz Sharif and joined PML-N. Meanwhile, Internet site X in Pakistan is reported to be disrupted for the third consecutive day. This is being seen as an attempt by the military-backed caretaker government to stop the protests.